Search on for Members of a Terrorist Gang Who Infiltrated a Kibbutz and Wounded a Resident

Israeli ground, sea and air forces are combing the rain-swept beaches and hills along the northern coast today in search of the surviving members of a terrorist gang who infiltrated Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra near the Lebanese border early Friday morning and wounded one of its members, Gil Livneh, in the doorway of his home. Livneh, 37. was reported in good condition today after undergoing surgery Friday at Nahariya Hospital for bullet wounds in the chest, throat and abdomen.

One of the terrorists was killed in an exchange of fire with kibbutz members after hiding out for five hours within the kibbutz perimeter. One Israeli was slightly injured. The fact that the terrorist was wearing a rubber diver’s suit indicated that he had infiltrated from the sea. A search of the sea caves at Rosh Hanikra yielded two motorized floats indicating that there were at least two and possibly three terrorists in the gang who may still be at Large in Israel.

In other terrorist related incidents today, a bomb exploded in the back yard of an apartment house in Jerusalem shattering windows but causing no casualties according to the police. In Beersheba, police detained 52 persons, most of them Arab bus passengers, after a time bomb was found in an Egged bus that had just arrived from Hebron. The bomb was dismantled safely one hour before it was set to go off.

The terrorist attack on Rosh Hanikra, five miles from the Lebanese border, sent women and children into shelters while armed guards searched for the attackers. The fact that one terrorist was killed and the others apparently driven off before they could inflict more casualties was attributed to the excellent security arrangements and high state of alert at the kibbutz.